The Week contest: Homework pain
This week's question: An exasperated mother in China suffered a heart attack after repeatedly — and unsuccessfully — attempting to help her 9-year-old understand his math homework; she was rushed to the hospital and subsequently recovered. Please come up with a medical term to describe a homework-induced health crisis that a parent might suffer.
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How to enter: Submissions should be emailed to contest@theweek.com. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type "Homework pain" in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Nov. 19. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Nov. 29 issue and at theweek.com/puzzles on Nov. 22. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of The Week.
The winner gets a one-year subscription to The Week.